4th week of Christmas

Let is snow let it snow let it snow! More snow! I cannot remember when we had this much snow around here. Now for those of you who are used to plenty of the beautiful white stuff, 6.5 inches is nothing, but us western Washintonians are NOT used to this. It snowed and stuck, froze, snowed, stuck, froze.... Super fun really. I also don't remember having this much fun in the snow since I was little growing up in Spokane..... ah the memories!

We live down a sloping road, which made for a fabulous sled run. Not fun for driving up and down, and we didn't get our milk or packages because of it, but GREAT sledding!

I whipped out some Christmas cards in my procratinating fashion with some fabulous scrap supplies that have been winking at me for oooohhh about a year now (I bought them last Christmas for our cards which never were made....50 photos printed from Costco but never sent....). I must say, they turned out really cute ;) The inside, which I forgot to photograph but do have a copy of for the book, is a mini newsletter with another 6 random photos of the fam. Man do I have cute kids! LOL

Christmas was wonderful. Christmas eve with J's family for breakfast, gifts, naps, dinner, more family, more gifts. Christmas day at our house with my fam. More gifts, special to me because my parent were with us this year, and great food (home-raised prime rib....you betcha baby!)

Hope your Christmas was very merry.

Happy Birthday Jesus!

Thank you for your gift!

Cookie Sheet Advent Calendar

Have you seen these adorable advent calendars made from a cookie sheet? My friend, Heather, saw one (purchased from a craft fair), told me about it, and asked if I would host a craft day at my house. So last Sunday Heather, Leslie, and Yelena came over and we got crafty!

There are so many blogs and crafts sites that have photos and directions for this project, but in reality, they're very self-explanatory, but I'll include instructions for your convenience.

I've only had mine completed for a week and my kids are nuts about it! They just simply cannot wait to countdown to Christmas. I'm hoping to come up with some kind of treat, written on a piece of paper, to put underneath each magnet too.

Supplies:

Cookie Sheet

Sanding paper

Paint

25 Magnets

Modge Podge or ATG Adhesive

Scrapbook papers

Embellishments

24" Ribbon

I used an 11 x 17 cookie sheet, purchased from Wal-Mart for about $4.50.

Sand off as much of the non-stick surface from the back of the sheet as you can.

If you want to paint the edges, you will need to sand that part too.

(I chose not to paint this one)

Drill two holes on the top edge for the ribbon hanger (I used my Crop-a-Dile).

Measure and cut your papers for the top and bottom sections.

Either adhere your papers with Modge Podge or with strong adhesive (I used ATG tape).

Paint the edges of your cookie sheet, if you chose to do so.

Let dry completely.

Using a ruler and marker, make a 25 square grid for your days before Christmas.

(My 2 friends' papers were small enough to run through my printer, but my paper was 10"x10", so I drew my grid with a black fine-tip marker.)

Adhere your calendar paper to your cookie sheet.

Make your 25 magnets to your liking.

Embellish your calendar with whatever you fancy.

I challenge those of you who would love to make this to only use what you have in your stash. The only items I had to purchase were the cookie sheet ($4.50) and the magnets ($2.50).

Create yours and link me a photo! I would love to see it! Happy crafting!